Rachel Handler
@rachelhandler.bsky.social
features writer @ new york mag/vulture
just here so i don’t get fined
just here so i don’t get fined
talked to jennifer lawrence and lynne ramsay about die my love, postpartum depression, filming nude scenes while pregnant, and murder podcasts: www.vulture.com/article/jenn...
Jennifer Lawrence’s Worst Nightmare
The Die My Love actress had no problem performing a nude sex scene pregnant. Watching her movie postpartum was harder.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
talked to jennifer lawrence and lynne ramsay about die my love, postpartum depression, filming nude scenes while pregnant, and murder podcasts: www.vulture.com/article/jenn...
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The actress says she had no problem performing a nude sex scene for director Lynn Ramsay while she was pregnant. Watching her movie postpartum, however, was harder to do.
Jennifer Lawrence’s Worst Nightmare
The actress says she had no problem performing a nude sex scene for director Lynn Ramsay while she was pregnant. Watching her movie postpartum, however, was harder to do.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The actress says she had no problem performing a nude sex scene for director Lynn Ramsay while she was pregnant. Watching her movie postpartum, however, was harder to do.
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The late Diane Keaton, the star of ‘Baby Boom,’ ‘Father of the Bride,’ and ‘Something’s Gotta Give’ breaks down the genius of her longtime collaborator. Republished from 2020.
A Delightful Conversation with Diane Keaton
The late Diane Keaton, the star of ‘Baby Boom,’ ‘Father of the Bride,’ and ‘Something’s Gotta Give’ breaks down the genius of her longtime collaborator. Republished from 2020.
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October 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The late Diane Keaton, the star of ‘Baby Boom,’ ‘Father of the Bride,’ and ‘Something’s Gotta Give’ breaks down the genius of her longtime collaborator. Republished from 2020.
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Joachim Trier made ‘Sentimental Value’ — a movie about a bad dad who happens to be a director — shortly after becoming a father himself: ‘You’re right, I am exorcising something,’ he tells Rachel Handler.
‘You’re Right, I Am Exorcising Something’
Joachim Trier made ‘Sentimental Value’ — a movie about a bad dad who happens to be a director — shortly after becoming a father himself: ‘You’re right, I am exorcising something,’ he tells Rachel Handler.
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October 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Joachim Trier made ‘Sentimental Value’ — a movie about a bad dad who happens to be a director — shortly after becoming a father himself: ‘You’re right, I am exorcising something,’ he tells Rachel Handler.
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A Rachel Handler Instant Classic
"it commits the cardinal sin of heterosexuality: Don’t ever tell a man he’s stacked *and* his podcast is good. This line may singlehandedly fast-track the downfall of civilization."
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I Didn’t Need to Know All of That About Travis Kelce
On Taylor Swift’s “Wood.”
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October 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
A Rachel Handler Instant Classic
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"it commits the cardinal sin of heterosexuality: Don’t ever tell a man he’s stacked *and* his podcast is good. This line may singlehandedly fast-track the downfall of civilization."
www.vulture.com/article/tayl...
www.vulture.com/article/tayl...
I Didn’t Need to Know All of That About Travis Kelce
On Taylor Swift’s “Wood.”
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October 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"it commits the cardinal sin of heterosexuality: Don’t ever tell a man he’s stacked *and* his podcast is good. This line may singlehandedly fast-track the downfall of civilization."
www.vulture.com/article/tayl...
www.vulture.com/article/tayl...
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By simply and innocently pressing play on Taylor Swift’s “Wood,” I was forced to choke down a lumber truck’s worth of information about Travis Kelce’s ‘Wood.’
Here’s what I now know against my will.
Here’s what I now know against my will.
I Didn’t Need to Know All of That About Travis Kelce
By simply and innocently pressing play on Taylor Swift’s “Wood,” I was forced to choke down a lumber truck’s worth of information about Travis Kelce’s ‘Wood.’
Here’s what I now know against my will.
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October 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
By simply and innocently pressing play on Taylor Swift’s “Wood,” I was forced to choke down a lumber truck’s worth of information about Travis Kelce’s ‘Wood.’
Here’s what I now know against my will.
Here’s what I now know against my will.
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WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ was like ‘Challengers’ for teenagers, with far-reaching incestuous undertones. Thank God it’s not actually ending.
I Can’t Wait to See These Freaks Again
‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ was like ‘Challengers’ for teenagers, with far-reaching incestuous undertones. Thank God it’s not actually ending.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ was like ‘Challengers’ for teenagers, with far-reaching incestuous undertones. Thank God it’s not actually ending.
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www.vulture.com/article/and-... “I will miss it desperately, in the same way that I made fun of and now miss the dysfunctional concept of American democracy.” @rachelhandler.bsky.social
And Just Like That, And Just Like That … Is Dead
And I’m actually really sad about it.
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August 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
www.vulture.com/article/and-... “I will miss it desperately, in the same way that I made fun of and now miss the dysfunctional concept of American democracy.” @rachelhandler.bsky.social
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Everything about this piece from @rachelhandler.bsky.social is true and silly and beautiful.
And Just Like That, And Just Like That … Is Dead
And I’m actually really sad about it.
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August 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Everything about this piece from @rachelhandler.bsky.social is true and silly and beautiful.
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This should be offered unpaywalled as a balm for our wounded psyches. A must-read. Pure art.
August 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
This should be offered unpaywalled as a balm for our wounded psyches. A must-read. Pure art.
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‘And Just Like That …’ was a state of mind, and that mind is in a coma. It was a place to go for 44 minutes a week, a safe and necessary container for our wild and dangerous national id, which will now roam unchecked and destroy us all.
And Just Like That, And Just Like That … Is Dead
‘And Just Like That …’ was a state of mind, and that mind is in a coma. It was a place to go for 44 minutes a week, a safe and necessary container for our wild and dangerous national id, which will now roam unchecked and destroy us all.
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August 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
‘And Just Like That …’ was a state of mind, and that mind is in a coma. It was a place to go for 44 minutes a week, a safe and necessary container for our wild and dangerous national id, which will now roam unchecked and destroy us all.
wrote an obituary for “and just like that…,” which was, among so many other things, a container for our wild and dangerous national id, which will now roam unchecked and destroy us all www.vulture.com/article/and-...
And Just Like That, And Just Like That … Is Dead
And I’m actually really sad about it.
www.vulture.com
August 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
wrote an obituary for “and just like that…,” which was, among so many other things, a container for our wild and dangerous national id, which will now roam unchecked and destroy us all www.vulture.com/article/and-...
I profiled Jennifer Love Hewitt, who was vulnerable & honest as we talked about surviving the early aughts, the ongoing conversation about her body instead of her work, her anxiety over returning to I Know What You Did Last Summer & a lot more www.vulture.com/article/jenn...
‘I Feel Bad for That Girl Sometimes’
Jennifer Love Hewitt faced intense sexism early in her career. It almost kept her from returning to the franchise that made her famous.
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July 18, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I profiled Jennifer Love Hewitt, who was vulnerable & honest as we talked about surviving the early aughts, the ongoing conversation about her body instead of her work, her anxiety over returning to I Know What You Did Last Summer & a lot more www.vulture.com/article/jenn...
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Jennifer Love Hewitt faced intense sexism early in her career. It almost kept her from returning to the franchise that made her famous, ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer.’
‘I Feel Bad for That Girl Sometimes’
Jennifer Love Hewitt faced intense sexism early in her career. It almost kept her from returning to the franchise that made her famous, ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer.’
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July 18, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Jennifer Love Hewitt faced intense sexism early in her career. It almost kept her from returning to the franchise that made her famous, ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer.’
nadia melliti won best actress at cannes! she is astonishing and this was her first acting role ever. she’d never even been in a school play. www.vulture.com/article/the-...
The Little Sister’s Nadia Melliti Is Cannes’s Breakout Star
How Melliti and director Hafsia Herzi created a moving portrait of a young Muslim woman exploring her sexuality.
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May 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
nadia melliti won best actress at cannes! she is astonishing and this was her first acting role ever. she’d never even been in a school play. www.vulture.com/article/the-...
my final cannes dispatch 🫡
The phrase “recession indicator” may be overused, but it’s the only way to describe the scene at Cannes this year, where nudity and voluminous dresses were randomly banned from the red carpet.
What Is Volume? What Is Nudity? And More Urgent Questions from Cannes
The phrase “recession indicator” may be overused, but it’s the only way to describe the scene at Cannes this year, where nudity and voluminous dresses were randomly banned from the red carpet.
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May 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
my final cannes dispatch 🫡
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The 95-year-old June Squibb is at the festival as the lead in ‘Eleanor the Great,’ Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut.
Chatting With June Squibb at Cannes About Matzo-Ball Soup, Men, and Lying
The 95-year-old June Squibb is at the festival as the lead in ‘Eleanor the Great,’ Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut.
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May 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The 95-year-old June Squibb is at the festival as the lead in ‘Eleanor the Great,’ Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut.
had lunch with my girl june squibb at cannes and we gossiped about men, matzoh ball soup, and lying www.vulture.com/article/june...
Chatting With June Squibb at Cannes About Matzo-Ball Soup, Men, and Lying
The 95-year-old is at the festival as the lead in Eleanor the Great, Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut.
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May 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
had lunch with my girl june squibb at cannes and we gossiped about men, matzoh ball soup, and lying www.vulture.com/article/june...
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‘Titane’ director Julia Ducournau was ‘scared’ to make her new film, ‘Alpha,’ and calls it her most ‘exposing’ work yet.
Why Julia Ducournau Was ‘Scared’ to Make Alpha
‘Titane’ director Julia Ducournau was ‘scared’ to make her new film, ‘Alpha,’ and calls it her most ‘exposing’ work yet.
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May 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
‘Titane’ director Julia Ducournau was ‘scared’ to make her new film, ‘Alpha,’ and calls it her most ‘exposing’ work yet.
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In their new film, Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor were "naughty": "Josh has the capacity to make me feel very much like a young boy. I felt very playful," Mescal added www.vulture.com/article/paul...
Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor Were ‘Naughty’ While Making The History of Sound
Paul Mescal on his quietly devastating WWI romance, in which he has intense and believable chemistry with Josh O’Connor.
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May 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
In their new film, Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor were "naughty": "Josh has the capacity to make me feel very much like a young boy. I felt very playful," Mescal added www.vulture.com/article/paul...
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The great @rachelhandler.bsky.social is this generation's Nellie Bly.
spent an absolutely cursed evening listening to kevin spacey ramble at cannes; was sat on by a woman who didn’t notice i was not a chair www.vulture.com/article/kevi...
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Spacey)
The actor accused of sexual assault received a lifetime achievement award at a Cannes gala. Meanwhile, other canceled men are walking the red carpet.
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May 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
The great @rachelhandler.bsky.social is this generation's Nellie Bly.
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"I did not recognize anyone in attendance, in neither the celebrity sense nor the existential sense."
spent an absolutely cursed evening listening to kevin spacey ramble at cannes; was sat on by a woman who didn’t notice i was not a chair www.vulture.com/article/kevi...
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Spacey)
The actor accused of sexual assault received a lifetime achievement award at a Cannes gala. Meanwhile, other canceled men are walking the red carpet.
www.vulture.com
May 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM
"I did not recognize anyone in attendance, in neither the celebrity sense nor the existential sense."
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Rachel is the best chronicler of Cannes insanity
spent an absolutely cursed evening listening to kevin spacey ramble at cannes; was sat on by a woman who didn’t notice i was not a chair www.vulture.com/article/kevi...
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Spacey)
The actor accused of sexual assault received a lifetime achievement award at a Cannes gala. Meanwhile, other canceled men are walking the red carpet.
www.vulture.com
May 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Rachel is the best chronicler of Cannes insanity